BuddyPress.org

I’ve added the WP abstraction code that will allow BuddyPress to run on all WordPress versions to the trunk. This code will more than likely be needed even after the merge, so I want to get it in there and up and running for 1.2.

I’ve had it going for a while locally, so it seems silly to sit on this until 1.3. After the merge I will tweak where needed, but I don’t anticipate much change since the multiblog features of 3.0 will simply be an on/off setting.

Thanks for the plugin pointers guys!

@PH

A lot of people ask about making BuddyPress Links a feed aggregator, which is kind of confusing to me since there are so many feed aggregator plugins already out there. What are these other plugins missing?

As far as using it to aggregate activity from other social networks, I think that is not a good idea because links is a content aggregator, specifically of links and rich media, which is a totally different concept from activity. There is a big difference between sharing “stuff” and “actions.”

This is already planned on the Roadmap for version 1.4

@David – downloads plugin at https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/buddypress-group-documents/. I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks good.

This is on the roadmap https://buddypress.org/about/roadmap/

For starters, disable all plugins (other than BuddyPress) whilst you get the main issue resolved.

Since you say the signup link didn’t work either, I think this is a ‘pretty URLs’ issue. Ask your webhost if mod_rewrite is enabled (or equivalent)

Obviously 1.2 in under development and not everything is guaranteed to work properly. If you haven’t enabled blog privacy (which turns off the sitewide activity posts for that blog), please report it as an issue on http://trac.buddypress.org using the same username/password which you do here.

My bad. Nix the above re feedback on the 1.2 trunk bp-default theme. It was the egghead attempting to create a child theme while still full of eggnog :-9 Placed one question mark too many in some conditional tags – really thought there were only one apiece. Happy New Year!

I have buddypress 1.1 installed and it seems to work perfectly except for spammers or sploggers or whatever..

I downloaded WPMU-Signup-Captcha from WPMUDev and put the 3 files in the directories, just like you said.

I don’t see it in the plugins section of the admin, and I still don’t have any captcha applied to new registrations.

@David – fair point. fyi, group notifications: https://wordpress.org/extend/plugins/group-forum-subscription-for-buddypress/

About how member/profile data is stored in the database, Andy Peatling wrote:

I’ll be reworking the schema in 1.2, interested to hear your ideas.

I sent you a lengthy mail through the system, again describing the problem as I see it, but probably not enough solutions. I came across this in another thread:

I’m now using another 3rd party plugin for membership to the site (WP eMember). While it has its own table, it also creates a matching WP user for each of the members it creates.

I haven’t tested the various commercial membership plugins yet (Memberwing, Wishlist, …), but they must all have their own solutions for the problem. I’m curious what their database tables look like…

@Mike: I know there is the group blog plugin but it’s not deeply integrated into groups. I haven’t tried the new links plugin altho’ it sounds great. I’m not aware of any plugins to accomplish group notifications. bp-events shows great promise but needs some work. And there really is no way to have group documents that I know of (downloads or collaborative wiki pages). But I’m sure all of this will come in time. My main point is that out of the box… BuddyPress Groups are pretty limited. They basically just group people and allow them to make comments and forum posts.

@David Lewis There are plenty of plugins that add to the ability to both create content and extend notifications

@designodyssey creating a network of blogs is, in the end, going to be a rare use case of BP. Just how many people are sitting around going” Gee, I wish there was a network out there that would let me create my own themable blog as part of a greater community” What people really want is to find a niche community centered around a topic they care about in order to contribute and consume content and build relationships around like-minded people. BP just happens to be the best tool available to do your own custom building of said network. Drupal, Joomla, Elgg and <shudders> Ning are profess to do the same but they are either too difficult or pain in the ass to use (Drupal, Joomla, Elgg) or force you to play by their very constricting set of silly rules (Ning)

The blog part of BP is a minor part…if you want it to be a part at all

@bravenewcode I have to agree with @katendarcy. We have a field for address, city, state, country and postal code so, to which field(s) are you referring when you aks for the field representing “location” Please clarify. Additionally, please explain why you need “description for each user” for what purpose? Thanks

I’d like to use this on a current project I have, but being a BP/WPMU newbie, I’m a little lost about setting it up. I have it installed, I’m just not sure about what goes in the following fields:

“Which group contains the location information?”

“Which field represents each user’s location?”

“Which field represents a description for each user (i.e. ‘About Me’)?”

Any chance any one else has used this and could give me a quick breakdown of what they’re for, and how I’d go about setting them up. I would’ve posted on the BraveNewCode forums, but I guess those are down for a while. Also, I can’t find any documentation on the site for it.

I’m now using another 3rd party plugin for membership to the site (WP eMember). While it has its own table, it also creates a matching WP user for each of the members it creates. I was thinking of adding some code to add users to a group on creation of their profile, and then using this group as the group that “contains the location information”. Am I on the right track?

Thanks in advance for any help!

WPMU 2.9 trunk-r2041 and BP 1.2 trunk-r2207

– BP on blog_ID_1 and WPMU used as CMS

Feedback: Child theme of 1.2 trunk bp-default theme

Getting white screen in front end (all sections) when creating a new Child theme based on new bp-default theme.

– If I add customized header.php and footer.php (with only additional divs), I get white screen,

– If I do not upload header.php and footer.php but add customized home.php, I get white screen.

– Note: the only way I got the child theme recognized was by copying code of activity/index.php over home.php in bp-default theme folder, but like mentioned above, other customizations except the sidebar.php, white screened on me. Too much eggnog last night?

Feedback: Child theme of 1.2 trunk bp-sn-parent theme

– custom Child themes of old bp-sn-parent theme transition well to new bp-sn-parents theme generally except Forums pages – only one group shown and nothing else

Cool. Thanks Bowe!

@Bowe: Very cool. Thanks so much for the link, downloading it now!

@Teebes: you can already do what you want with auto group join: http://brentandmary.net/2009/10/24/bn-auto-join-group-plugin/

I’m planning to do the same for my site. Based on certain profile fields they are put in different groups after signup!

I love the idea of as an admin, creating a relationship between profile fields (not necessarily required ones) and groups. In fact, I was scouring around my new 1.2 install hoping this feature was already live I see it as a good way to get folks involved in their specific demographic while always having the ability to leave the group if they want.

I see this as an option when defining a group, keeping the current public/private options intact, just adding another criteria or ‘group profile rule’.

you mean removing the “Friending somebody” stuff and instead make only “Following somebody” ?

Yeah, why not ?

In the end, the people at a social network are usually not my “real” friends…..

I actually only have 2 or 3 “real” friends in life – how many real friends do you have ?

Thinking about this, gives me the conclusion that the idea of JJJ and Andy is the right one.

Lets replicate real life, instead of creating artificial behaviour……

@designodyssey

Just use thesis and build in the buddypress functions.